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**How Do Personality Traits Affect** **Music Style Preferences?**  By Sarah Dickerson Thank you for helping me with my personal project. Most scientists know that music is a way for people to express their personalities, but I want to know how it //relates// to your personality. In order to participate in my study, there are three steps you must go through. First, in order to find out your personality type, there is a link to the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Test. This is the same test psychiatrists use to identify personality types. Your result will be a four-letter code, which will be needed for the music survey. In order to reduce bias on the survey, there is a video showing examples of the music genres featured. Second, after discovering your personality type, please watch the video to clarify the ideas for each style of music in each genre. Finally, after watching the genre video, take the music survey posted on this site. It is very important to keep in mind that you are asked to rate the STYLE of music featured in each genre, NOT the actual songs.

Step 1: Myers-Briggs Personality Type Test This test is similar to tests that trained and certified psychologists use to identify the personality type of their patients. It tests four areas of personality. Each area has two possible results. You can have any combination of these results, meaning there are 16 possible personality types. After you complete the test, the website will give you a description of your results.
 * After you take the test, remember to write down your four-letter type result. You will need to enter this in the music survey.

To take the test, go to: __http://similarminds.com/jung.html__

Step 2: Watch the video! This video has music clips featuring examples of each genre's style. Please watch the video to help reduce the chances of bias in the study. media type="youtube" key="9fjv-iImERk?rel=0" height="375" width="640"

Step 3: The final step of this study is to take the survey on the music styles. Fill in the required information and then rate each genre's styles. When you are done, there is a box to let you insert comments if you would like to share your thoughts on any step of this study. Please remember to submit the survey at the bottom of the page.

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